Friday, June 29, 2007

Cats are our oldest friends

›
The dog is usually thought of as man's best friend. But a genetic study published today suggests that cats may actually have been a more...

Archaeology expert to carry on campaign over M3 route

›
Archaeology expert Conor Newman, appointed by Minister for the Environment John Gormley to advise on the excavation of the national monument...

DNA research identifies homeland of the domestic cat

›
The ancestry of the world's household cats can be traced to an ancient region of the near east, suggesting an unusually exotic origin fo...

Dig discovery is oldest 'pet cat'

›
The oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been found by archaeologists. The discovery of a cat buried with what coul...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

TEAM UNEARTHS ANCIENT CIRCLE

›
A Team of archaeologists from Bath has helped uncover an ancient stone circle in one of Britain's most remote locations. Members of the...

Iron Age 'royal house' discovered

›
AN IRON Age "royal residence" - one of the biggest roundhouses ever discovered - has been found during an archaeological dig near ...

Die Prinzessin mit den Seidenstrümpfen

›
Eine seltene Gelegenheit nutzten die Wissenschaftler des Rheinischen Amtes für Denkmalpflege (RAD), um Erkenntnisse über Leopoldine Eleonore...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Ancient virus left us vulnerable to Aids

›
Ancient virus left us vulnerable to Aids The discipline of "palaeovirology" sheds light on why we are vulnerable to HIV, report...
Monday, June 25, 2007

Exploring Human Origins

›
Exploring human origins in the Great Rift Valley of east Africa has profound significance for people today. In this interview, Dr. Louise Le...

Campaigners to protest over M3 route

›
Protesters opposed to the M3 motorway being routed near the Hill of Tara will today stage a demonstration at Custom House in Dublin. The cam...

Tara campaigners to protest outside Gormley's offices

›
Heritage campaigners are planning a protest outside the offices of Environment Minister John Gormley today as part of their ongoing campaign...

'Drive around, not over, archaeological sites'

›
Five years after the US warned the Iraq war would destroy some of the most precious archaeological sites in the world, what have they done? ...

Medieval Gold Jewellery Found in Thracian Mound in Bulgaria

›
A total of eleven gold rings, three bracelets and a pair of ear-rings have been found in a Thracian mound between Bulgaria's villages of...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

EMAS Field Trip to Godmersham, Kent

›
Saturday, 7 July EMAS, the University of London Extra-Mural Archaeological Society, will be conducting a field trip to Godmersham, Kent. Cli...

Ancient Human Behavior Uncovered

›
A major question in evolutionary studies today is how early did humans begin to think and behave in ways we would see as fundamentally moder...

NRA rejects claims of new archaeological find on M3 route

›
The National Roads Authority is rejecting a claim that an important archaeological find has been made at a site in the path of the new M3 mo...
Saturday, June 23, 2007

Rare carving on display at Cathedral

›
An "exceptional" 8th century limestone carving is set to return to permanent public display for the first time in more than 1,100 ...

Campaigners say new archaeological find lying in path of M3 works

›
The new Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, is being asked to stop work on the M3 motorway after a new archaeological find. The Tara...

Angel is back after 1,100 years

›
An 8th-century limestone religious carving is to go on display for the first time in more than 1,100 years. The Lichfield Angel was destroye...

3rd-Century Man Preserved in Salt

›
During the Roman Empire period, just after the fall of Parthia, a salt mine worker from northwestern Iran lost his life following a catastro...